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Services, resources and advocacy for advancing quality early care & education in Minnesota.
Joined May 2009
Today, during our third Summer Legislative Learning session, the Think Small Data, Research, and Policy team explored the power of strategic storytelling for advocacy. The group of staff members from Saint Paul Promise, Child Care Aware of Minnesota, and Think Small began shaping
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✨ Your story matters. At Think Small, we know real stories have the power to change hearts, minds—and policies. We're collecting experiences from parents, educators, advocates & business leaders across MN to highlight what early care & education really looks like. 📣 Tell us:.
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Informed advocates make powerful changes! Our Data, Research, and Policy team hosted Session 2 of our Summer Legislative Learning Series to Think Small Leaders. We dove into the world of policy actors – identifying our representatives and their influences and introducing power.
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Today, our Data, Research, and Policy team hosted the first of our series of Summer Legislative Learning sessions with Think Small leaders, as well as staff members from (ACER inc.) African Career, Education, and Resources Inc., Child Care Aware of Minnesota, and @StPaulPromise.
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We are heartbroken by the unspeakable violence and tragic loss of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark and events causing injury to Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. Melissa was a strong advocate for Minnesota’s children and families and championed
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The White House is drafting the 2026 HHS budget-which could eliminate Head Start and Early Head Start. Over 750,000 kids could lose access to early learning! . Act NOW to protect our children, families & communities. 📢 Tell Congress: don't cut Head Start!
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📣The Early Learning Scholarships bill (H.F. 470/S.F. 1049) moves to a floor vote in the House and Senate, where they will decide its future! A huge THANK YOU to everyone who took action—your emails, testimonies, and support make a difference! #mnleg
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"The scholarship meant that cost would not be the first and last factor in our daycare decision, freeing us as parents to have a choice in where our children attend daycare,” shared Andrew Schultz during his testimony in support of S.F. 1049 at the Senate Health and Human.
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HF 470/SF 1049 will be heard in the Senate tomorrow, March 20th. This bill helps protect funding for Early Learning Scholarships, preventing a cut that could leave 15,000 kids without care. Read Corinne's story on the impact of this funding. 🔗‼️#mnleg.
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Minnesota Early Learning Scholarships transform families' lives by helping cover costs of child care and early education. Read parent story!
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Join us for "Beyond Red Tape: Innovating Child Care Licensing and Quality Standards", a 90-minute virtual event on transforming early care and education (ECE) systems. 📅 Friday, 3/28 | ⏰ 10:00-11:30 AM CST | 📍 Online.🔗 Register:
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🚀 Big changes could be coming to early childhood education in MN! The WeVision EarlyEd initiative aims to streamline licensing, ease family burdens, & elevate ECE quality—and Think Small is leading the way. 🔎 Learn more:
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Any way you look at it, the early care and education (ECE) space is on the cusp of significant transformation. As Marica Cox Mitchell of the Bainum Family Foundation recently ...
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🚨 MN's child care crisis is growing—centers are closing, families are struggling. A bipartisan bill to expand Early Learning Scholarships could help keep programs open & support kids who need it most!. 🔗 Read the latest commentary in MinnPost.
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Bipartisan plan in the Legislature would allow child care centers to pay a living wage, keep their doors open and provide high-quality care.
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MN Early Learning Scholarship funding is set to be cut in half, leaving thousands without access to quality care. Support House File 470 / Senate File 1049 to keep funding in place!. 📢 Tell your legislators to act now! Use this quick template:.🔗
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Share this with your social media network to encourage them to make their voices heard!
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MN's legislative session opened this week! Decisions affect your work and life but progress is hard to follow. Sign up for our newsletter to receive regular updates about early childhood policy legislation, events & more at #mnleg
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Today is Election Day! Elected officials make decisions that affect you, your family, and your community. Your vote matters because it determines who those elected officials are! Be a voter and make your voice heard. Voting info: #HereWeVote #MNVotes
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Tomorrow is Election Day! Will you go in the morning? On your lunch break? Will your roommates or children join you? Make a plan to vote. Check your registration, sample ballot, and more at so you’ll be all ready to go!
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Ahead of Election Day on 11/5, look at your sample ballot and finalize your choices. Don’t forget to flip over the ballot! Find your personalized sample ballot here: #HereWeVote #MNVotes #mnleg.
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See your Minnesota ballot and find out more about the candidates! From the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State
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We’re hiring a Todd Otis Public Policy Intern for the 2025 #mnleg session. Learn about the public policy process firsthand. Meet amazing early care and education advocates. Expand your knowledge and practice your communication skills.🏛️ 💼
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